The Aspirational Class (1975-1996)

From Nareen to Now (Part 1) traces a single, unsettling journey: the passage of a leader shaped by authority, hierarchy, and constitutional duty through a Liberal Party that now appears structured to resist those very qualities. The essay begins at Nareen, not as nostalgia, but as origin. The valu…

In the aftermath of war, the Nicholsons believed the promise. They reached for what Robert Menzies once described as a horizon worth building toward: security earned, families protected, and a nation shaped by duty, restraint, and steady progress. For Felix and Peggy Nicholson, this was not ideolo…

1975–1996 History does not change overnight. It changes one generation at a time. For the first generation, the war never truly ends. Captain Felix Nicholson, a veteran of the Second World War, has spent three decades living in the long shadow of the Ridge. Once an infantry captain, he now finds hi…